5Ttips to people writing in the Victorian Era or reading stories of such:
1. Bras were non-existent, they wore corsets under their dresses. However, corsets were expensive considering the materials used to make them so not everyone could afford one.
2. Cousins being betrothed was normal then to keep royal blood in the family. It was not considered incest then and was considered easy to be courted by bachelors within the family circle. However, after railroads started to become more popular it became less popular.
3. People didn't marry young.
Marriages ranged from 22-30 amount couples royal or not.
4. Girls didn't wear pink.
Children bore colours of white until the age 6 or 7 due to the clothes being easy to bleach. Once older, they dressed in paler versions of what the adults would wear. Red being masculine while blue was considered dainty, delicate, and feminine.
So young boys would be seen wearing pink while girls favoured pale blue.
5. Victorians were not as prudish as thought out to be. Of course sex wasn't celebrated as it is now, but they weren't as shy as we think. They had desires and hormones same as we do. In fact, they had 'porn' back then as well. Looking back at literature some was quite scandalous. Now people were careful of reputation of course so we're not too affectionate outside the walls of their homes but behind closed doors they are no better than you and I.
